Limbic influence on the periaqueductal gray: A single unit study in the awake squirrel monkey
1984; Elsevier BV; Volume: 303; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0006-8993(84)90212-9
ISSN1872-6240
AutoresBarry B. Sandrew, Charles E. Poletti,
Tópico(s)Neural dynamics and brain function
ResumoSingle neurons of the periaqueductal gray (PAG) were studied during electrical stimulation of the amygdala and hippocampus. Fifty-one percent (34/67) of the units sampled throughout the rostrocaudal extent of the PAG were found to have a limbic influence. PAG neurons were characterized by low spontaneous firing rates (X¯= 4.94 spikes/sec). Units responded to basolateral amygdala stimulation primarily with short duration excitatory responses having a mean latency of 30 ms (range: 13.3–110 ms). Responses to corticomedial and lateral amygdala stimulation produced different patterns of activation including complex excitatory and inhibitory sequences. Only 10 units (15%) sampled in PAG responded to hippocampal stimulation with excitatory or tonic-inhibitory responses. The majority of responsive units (8) were to anterior hippocampal stimulation (latency range: = 20–75 ms). High frequency (9 Hz) basolateral amygdala stimulation recruited responses with increases in the probability of firing and a decrease in initial latency and latency variability.
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